Bottle holder



June 20, 1939.

, H. K. POWELL 2,163,290

BOTTLE HOLDER Filed June 8, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 20, 1939. H, KlPQWELL 2,163,290

BOTTLE HOLDER Filed June 8, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 20, 1939=UNITED STATES PATENT or-Flca 9Cllim8.

K This invention relates to receptacles or containers designed for thepurpose of packaging a plurality of bottles orv the like in a mannersuch that they may be carried conveniently as a group.

General objects of the invention include the provision of such areceptacle which may be manuf actured from paper board or similarinexpensive ,material being fabricated from a single blank, and ofknock-down character, so that it may be 10 packaged and shipped in asubstantially ilat condition and set up at the point of use withoutrequiring special apparatus or additional fastenings, and when so set upwill form an eiective packaging receptacle' and carrier for a pluralityof bottles or the like.

Another object is the provision of such a knockdown receptacle, which,after being properly set up, will retain its set-up form even thoughempty, thus facilitating the insertion of the bottles or other contentsinto it in the rst instance and serving as a convenient repository forthe bottlesv after they have been emptied, and which involves nomutilation or disassembling of it for the purpose of removing one ormore of the contained articles.

A particular object of the present invention is the provision of such areceptacle which is specially qualified to carry a plurality of articlesof considerable weight.

Qther and further objects of the invention will be pointed out orindicated hereinafter, or will be apparent yfrom the followingdescription or upon actual use of one of the devices.

For the purpose of aiding in an explanation of the invention, I show inthe accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andhereinafter described, one form in which it may beembodied. It is to beunderstood, however,

that this is presented merely for purpose of illus- Y tration, and henceis not to be construed in any fashion for the purpose of limiting theappended claims short of the true and most comprehensive scope of theinvention inthe art.

In said drawings,

vFig. 1 is a perspective view of a bottle holder or bottle carrierembodying the present invention,V

the view being taken from a position considerably above the device, sothat some of the interior features may be shown;

. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the receptacle in partially set-upcondition; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the complete blank from which thereceptacle is formed; Fig. 4is a perpective view of the receptacle inits at or knocked-down condition after the blank has been folded andglued;

Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the knocked-down receptacle in partlyunfolded condition;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the same in a po- 5 -sition invertedfrom that shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 'l is a perspective view of the receptacle in process of being setup; and

Fig. 8 is an elevational view of a handle which constitutes a part ofthe device. l0

The nature of the invention will be most quickly ascertained from adescription of the illustrative embodiment shown in the drawings, whichis as follows.

Referring first to Fig. 3, it will be understood l5 that this representsa blank cut from a sheet of paper board having the necessary qualitiesof strength, stiffness and flexibility, same being slotted and scored toform inner side panels I0 and I0', outer side panels II and II', abottom 90 I panel I2, end panels I4, I4 and I5, I5', bottom :Iiaps I6,I6' and I1, I'I and top flaps each comprising a fold section I8, twopartition sections I9 and I9', and two spacer sections 20 and 20'.

In addition, the inner wall panels I0 and III have 25 glue flaps 2| and2I along one margin, and the outer side panel vII has a connectingmember consisting of a pair of bottom tongues 22 extending from onemargin and terminating in locking hooks 22a. Bottom panel I2 has a slotI2a 30 which is adapted to receive said hooks when they are partiallyoverlapped one up`n another, said slot being of a length correspondingapproximately to the space between the throats of the hooks when thelocking tongues 22 are in lat- 35 eral abutment with each other, viz.,the position shown in Fig. 3. v

The Yside panels II), I0 and II, II' are of like Width, their lateralmargins being dened by fold creases a, a', b, b', c, c', and d, d', andthe length 40 of the bottom panel I2 corresponds to the width of saidpanels. The end panels I4, I4', and I5, I5 are of the same width. Th-etop aps and their .correspondingly numbered sections are of identicalform.. i

The inner side panels lII) and I9' conjoin each other along a crestcrease line e and the bottom panel I2 conjoins the outer side panel Ilalong a crease line f, and the locking tongues 22 conjoin the outer sidepanel II along a crease line 50 f. The bottom flaps are' formed asextensions from the-respective end panels, being conjoined thereto alongthe respective crease lines g.

The top flaps are separated from each other along a slit K and aresevered from the respective 55 nde panels n and u' along suur. and fromthe end panels along diagonal slits M.

In fabrication of the device from the ilat blank shown in Fig. 3, theblank is flexed along the crease lines b, b' and d, d', so that the endpanels II, i', are overlapped upon the gluing tabs 2i, 2|', and aresecured thereto byan adhesive on other suitable means. After being Ythus glued, and then inverted, the receptacle is in the collapsed orflattened 4form shown in Fig.

4. This vis the form in which itis stacked for viz., in the iiat orknock-down form illustrated in Fig. 4, the handle insertion apertures 25are over the handle anchorage holes 2l.

A lsuitable handle is provided for engagement in the anchorage holes2l,A one form of such handle being shown in Fig. 8. Such handle may beconveniently made of a suitably stiif wire and formed with a bailportion 26 having aligned inwardly-directed journal portions 21 at itsends. The straight line length between the terminals of the bail portionor the outer ends of the journal portions, corresponds to the spacing ofthe handle anchorage holes 2l, it thus being apparent that the innerends of the journal portions 21 are considerably. closer together thanare said holes 24.

The receptacles are supplied to the user in the fiatknocked-down formshown in Fig, 4, and thehandles may be shippedseparately. In order toaflix the handle to a receptacle, the latter is bowed transversely 'orvflexed into an arcuate form about the axis Y--Y, until the handleinsertion apertures 25, and likewise the handle anchorage holes 24, arebrought close enough to each other to permit the" insertion of the innerends of the handle journal portions 21 through them. When the handlejournals have thus been inserted, the bowed container is released andallowed'to resume its flat form, thus moving the apertures out to theouter limits of the journal portions, where they are stopped by theconjoined angularly related end portions of the bail. 'Ihe handle isthus definitely locked to the container, the bail' portion projectingthrough the slit K.

Now, in order to set up the container from this condition, it is flexedon the crest ,crease e y so as to bring the inner side panels I0 and I0'`into surface contact with each other, and then the outer side panelsli, vil are drawn away from each other so that the device assumesapproximately the appearance shown in Fig. 7.

Then the bottom flaps I6; I6' and I1, i1 are folded inwardly, the bottompanel i2 is folded inwardly against them, and the locking tongues 22folded inwardly upon the bottom panel, and

their hooks engage in the slot I2a thereof. This converts the device tothe form shown in Fig. 2. Then the spacer sections 2l, 20 of therespective top aps are folded inwardly against the adpanels, so thattheir inner extremities contact the inner side panels ill, I0', and thespacer sections 2l and 2| assume surface contact with the inner nde pasiis illustrates-1s ng. 1. Thus the partition sections II, Il aremaintained in approximately parallel relationship and at right-angles tothe inner and outer side panels Ih, III', Il, Il', and function asstruts to brace the panels il, Il' from the panels il, I0' and partiallyto subdivide the intervening space into compartments or cells.

The device is now in completely set-up condition and ready to receivethe contents, which, in the caseof bottles or the like, may beintroduced into the cells fromabove and set up on the bottom portions ofthe compartments.

In theembodiment illustrated, it will be observed'that the receptacle isdesigned to -accommodate six bottles, three in each of the twocollaterally disposed compartments. One or more of these bottles may beremoved without requiring anydismantling or mutilation of the device,and after removal of some or all of them,

the device retains its set-up form, ready for, reception of the emptiedbottles.

The device may be carried very comfortably and conveniently by means ofthe handle, which, by virtue of the connection above described, permitsthe receptacle to have a rocking or swinging movement on the journals21, thus relieving the' body structure of tearing stresses or the like.

4,The bottles are separated from one another by the partition sectionsand the inner wall panels, and the proportions of the receptacle may beso selected as to effect a clasping action on the bottles so that theyare quite securely retained. Of course, the depth of the side panels maybe varied, but it probably is preferable' that they be of suilicientheight to cover a substantial proportion of the height of the bottles,to protect them against external impacts. permit the stacking of aplurality ot the iilled packages one .upon another, the height of theinner side panels I 0, I0 is selected so that it is somewhat less thanthe height of the bottles, the tops of the bottles thus projecting aboveit and above the handle when it is swung to one side, and conjointlyforming a stable foundation or support upon which another similarpackage may be set.

What I claim is:

1. A container for packaging a plurality of bottles or the like,comprising a sheet slotted and creased to form a pair of inner sidepanels which are connected to each other at their upper ends, a pairofouter side panels of less height than said inner side panels andrespectively connected to them by end panels disposed at the lateralends of said side panels, thereby aifording walls fortwo collaterallydisposed compartments separated by the inner side panels, and a bottomfor connecting the lower ends of the outer sidel panels and holding theinner side panels in collateral relationship and forming a bottomfor's'aid compartments, a handle being provided at the upper-ends of theinner side panels whereby the container may be carried.

2. A container as specified in claim l and wherein said bottom comprisesa bottom panel .and a connecting member conjoined respectively with thelower ends of the outer side panels along crease lines which areparallel with each other and perpendicular to the end margins4 of saidouter side panels, said bottom panel and connecting member havinginterlocking elements whereby they may be connected to each other tohold the outer side panels in outwardly spaced relation to therespective inner side panels.

In order to y mesmo 3. A container .as speciiled in claim 1 and whereintop ilaps are conjoined with the upper ends of the outer side panels andtoldable inwardly between the outer and inner side panels to formpartitions subdividing the compartments, respective top flaps eachcomprising a fold section conjoined to the upper margin of the outer lside panel, a partition section flexible to a rightangle positionrelative to the fold section so as to extend across the compartment, anda spacer sectionvflexible to a right-angle relationship to the partitionsection so as to rest ilat against the inner wall panel.

4. A container as speciiied in claim 1 and wherein top ilaps areconjoined with the upper ends of the outer side panels and foldableinwardly between the outer and inner side panels to form partitionssubdividing the compartments, respective top ilaps each comprising afold section conjoined to the upper margin of the outer side panel, apartition section flexible to a rightangle position relative to thevfold section so as to extend across the compartment, and a spacersection flexible to a right-angle relationship to the partition sectionyso as to rest ilat against the inner wall paneLthe height of said topap being approximately equal to the difference in height between theinner and outer side panels.

5. A container as speciiied in claim 1 and wherein the container isfoldable to a knockeddown condition wherein the inner side panels aredisposed in approximately the same plane and the outer side panels lieflat against them.

6. A container as speciiied in claim 1 and u wherein the inner sidepanels are integrally conjoined along a crease line dening their uppermargins.

7. A container as speciiled in claim 1 and wherein the inner side panelsare provided with handle anchorage holes adjacent their upper ends, andthe handle has portions inserted through said holes to connect it to thecontainer.

8. A container as specified in claim 1 and wherein the inner side panelsare integrally conjoined along a crease line defining their uppermargins and are provided with handle anchorage holes spaced apart onsaid line, and the handle has aligned journal portions insertiblethrough said holes when the inner side panels are in bowed condition.

9. In a knock-down container, a sheet of paper board or the like slottedand creased to form a bottom, inner side panels which are conjoinedalong a top crease line defining their top margins, outer side panelsjoined respectively to lateral margins of the inner side panels by endpanels, top aps at the tops oi said outer side panels and the conjointheight of said top flaps and outer side panels being approximately equalto the height of the inner side panels, the top margins oi.' said topiiaps being parallel with and overlying said top crease line when theouter side panels and top ilaps are resting ilat upon the inner sidepanels, the sheet being provided with handle anchorage holes adjacentthe line of connection of the inner side panels, and the top flaps beingprovided with handle insertion apertures formed in their margins inoverlying relationship to said handle anchorage holes.

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